yucca trees

[tassie12]

our community has yucca trees, 10 foot high with thick trunks, growing in tubs 2 foot square by 18 inched deep, and have been in these tubs for 5 years-- they are now severely pot-bound and we were going to remove them from the tubs and plant them into the ground--however, local gargen group say we musnt as this is the worng time of year to do so--advise please?

[nonomaybe]

The great advantage with the development of containerised plants - indoor and outdoor is that they can be moved and (re)planted pretty much at will,( think of the advantage when moving home at the "wrong" time of the season.)
Your Yuccas can be moved into a new home.Just remember to support them well and water them copiously. Regardless of those advantages I still prefer to do things in the rhythm of the seasons and as your Yuccas have been in pots for 5 years I don't think a wait of 4 months or so is too onerous and then apart from the supporting of them, nature will generally take care of the rest.